This is part of a fantastic historical fiction series. It is very well written. The characters are all well developed. A feel good book

Book 6 in the Harper girls series . I’ve read all of this series and whilst they can be read as standalone book, I really recommend reading them all. As soon as I started reading this one it was like meeting back up with dear friends. An easy read but also one that you won’t want to put down. This was an poignant and emotional read at times.

Rosie Clarke continues to delight with Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls, the latest heart-warming instalment of her delightful wartime series set in a London department store.

Sally Harper has got plenty to occupy her. Not only is she running Harpers in Oxford Street, but she is juggling the busy department store with motherhood. With husband Ben overseas on another dangerous mission, Sally certainly has her hands full trying to keep Harpers afloat while bringing up her adorable baby daughter. Meanwhile, the world has fallen down around young Becky Stockbridge’s ears when she finds herself in a difficult situation that will bring shame to her and her family. Becky doesn’t know which way to turn. Will her friends at Harpers manage to help her out? Is happiness for her possible? Or is she destined for a lifetime of anguish and despair?

Marion Jackson is counting down the days until her husband Reggie returns home. Her young son certainly keeps her on her toes, but when Reggie returns with a shocking secret that threatens to turn her whole world upside down, Marion wonders whether she is strong enough to save her family from another crisis. Is Marion about to lose everything? Or will hope triumph even in the most unlikely of places?

The war might be coming to an end, but will the Harpers girls have something to celebrate? Or is it all going to end in tears?

You can always count on Rosie Clarke to deliver a wonderful saga that keeps you gripped until the very end and Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls is definitely not an exception. Wonderfully written, vivid, emotional and full of characters you cannot help but care for, Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls is an enjoyable saga fans of the genre are sure to lap up.

Historical drama,part of a series. Heart warming and full of great characters who each have their own problems and worries. A thoroughly good read.

I have been waiting for this new book to complete the saga and I wasn’t disappointed I love these sagas by Rosie Clarke she makes the characters feel like old friends when I read the last book I’m always hoping there will be another one to follow.

I highly respect the work of the author, but I am sorry to mention that I had difficulties to go through the book, as it is part of a series and I hadn't read any book before. One chapter details events about one group of characters, and next, the following chapter focus on another group, and on and on. So, it is confusing ! The main location is a department store and there are certain commun traits with Selfridge's, also mentioned.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange of a fair review.

Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls is the sixth book in the Welcome to Harpers Emporium series, and is set towards the end of World War One. Rosie Clarke knows how to write wartime fiction, so I knew I'd be in for a treat! Sally Harper, Becky Stockbridge and Marion Jackson are the main characters of our story, all of whom have men fighting in the Great War. With the war finally coming to a close and all families rocked by its effects, these women from Harpers Emporium lean on each other for support as they learn to live with the aftermath of such a devastating time in history. Sally Harper runs Harpers Emporium alongside her husband Ben. With Ben being required to carry out important war work, Sally finds herself caring for her newborn daughter, supporting her friends whilst also seeking stock to ensure Harpers Emporium can continue on as the successful store it is known to be, despite the war causing significant issues. With Harpers Emporium being such a lifeline for so many people, she knows how important it is to ensure it's future beyond the war.

Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls is yet another excellent example of Rosie Clarke's ability to create wonderful female friendships during times of hardship. I love her Mulberry Lane series, and the Welcome to Harpers Emporium series is no different. The love and support these women have for each other is admirable, and it really highlights how women together were able to keep the country running in the absence of their beloved men who were away for fighting for their freedom. It also really highlights the strength of these women as they fought for their families as their men began to return home, or in the worst cases, never returned home.

I am more than happy to recommend this novel to you all. It is a lovely example of historical fiction, and really shows womens efforts both during and after the war.

Thank you to Rosie Clarke and to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for inviting me to be a part of this blog tour, and for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

I have been a fan of Rosie’s work for a while now. I haven’t quite caught up with everything that she has written to date but that is a situation I hope to rectify fairly soon. I have a particular fondness for ‘The Harpers Girls’ series. ‘Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls’ is the sixth book in ‘The Harpers Girls’ series and it is another cracker of a read which I thoroughly enjoyed reading but more about that in a bit.
It took me no time to get into ‘Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls’. The fact that I saw Rosie’s name on a book that I hadn’t yet read was enough to grab my attention, the synopsis drew me in and as soon as I started reading that was it. The rest as they say is history. I found that I just couldn’t put the book down. My Kindle wasn’t exactly glued to my hand but it might as well have been because it travelled everywhere with me. I just couldn’t bear to miss a single second of this amazing story. I loved most of the characters and it didn’t take me long to feel as though I had reunited with old friends in the form of ‘The Harper Girls’ and their families. This was a book that stayed fresh in my mind for quite a while. If I wasn’t reading the book then I was thinking about it. If I had to put the book down for any reason then I would immediately look forward to being able to pick it up again and well you get the picture. I couldn’t turn the pages of the book quickly enough as I worked my way through the story. All too quickly I reached the end of the story and I had to say goodbye to ‘The Harpers Girls’. I found ‘Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls’ to be the true definition of an unputdownable, page turner of a read and then some.
‘Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls’ is superbly written but then I have come to expect anything else from Rosie Clarke. She certainly knows how to grab the reader’s attention and draw them into what proves to be one hell of a compelling and emotional journey. For me the story hit the ground running and maintained a brisk pace throughout. Rosie clearly cares about her characters and this shines through in the very vivid and realistic way in which she describes them. She writes them so well that they seem just as real as you and I. Rosie has clearly done an awful lot of research into the period covered by the story and this shines through in the quality of the story. I always find that a sign of a good story is when I find myself becoming far too involved with the story and talk to the characters as if they can hear me. That’s exactly what happened. I love the way in which Rosie makes the reader feel as though they are part of the story themselves and at the heart of the action.
In short, I adored reading ‘Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls’ and I would definitely recommend this book to other readers. I will certainly be reading more of Rosie’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board can only be 5* out of 5*.

Having read other books by Rosie Clarke, I knew this wouldn't disappoint and it didn't
This it the new installment (6th) in the Harpers Emporium Series and its as good as the previous novels.
Set in 1918 and based as usual around the department stores and how the characters deal with rationing as well as there own fears and hopes.
Thanks to #NetGalley for the advance copy in return for an honest review.

This is the Sixth book in the series i believe. I Just love this series. And it was like meeting old friends and family again. The characters are loveable, and strong. You Will be happy for them, you Will laugh with them and you Will cry with them. I highly recommend this series. Thank you to netgalley for letting me read this e arc in exchange for an honest opinion

I would recommend reading the Harpers Emporium series in order starting with the first book, The Shop Girls of Harpers. The previous intallment before Victory Bells for the Harper Girls is Wartime Blues for the Harper Girls. By reading the books in order the reader is able to gain some understanding of the characters, setting and events. Even though each installment can be read as a stand-alone...

Victory Bells for the Harper Girls is a detailed, well thought out story that hooks the reader in from the first page...

Clarke has created an engaging plot, with the use of vivid imagery and lots of research into the physical and mental affect war had on people, women gaining more rights and the shorages and hardships of the first world war. There are a lot of referance to actual events like, the crimean war, the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the introduction of the spanish flu and shell shock to add to the to the authentic feel of the story.

The character development of Victory Bells for the Harper Girls is good. The characters are realistic and relatable. Each character had their own personality, which made the story more believeable. The reader is reunited with old friends and meets some new faces.

Sally is a kind and friendly person, who acts as a mother figure to all the friends and staff. She is currently doing well in her endevour to run the Harper store, and being a parent, especially whilst Ben, her husband is rescuing a dear friend.

Becky becomes increasingly drained as she hides the secret of her condition, which if found out will bring the ultimate shame to her and her family...

Having recently delivered a son Marion eagerly awaits the return of her husband, Reggie from the war effort. Yet when he comes back he is a changed man...

I would reccomend reading Victory Bells for the Harper Girls to lovers of Women's Fiction, Historical Fiction and sagas, as it is a character driven emotive story that follows the lives of the residents of Harpers Emporium as they experience motherhood, grief, action, and drama, yet still come to each others aid...

This is the sixth book in the series about Harper's emporium. It really is such a lovely series to read.

Centered around the store owned by Ben and Sally Harper it is situated in Oxford Street, London.
Harpers tells the story of its owners, employees, friends, and families.

This lovely series has been a pleasure to read the characters really are believable and come to life as you turn the pages such as the descriptions written.

With each book being a different story you can easily read it as a standalone or do as I did and enjoy reading the whole series and getting to know the characters and their surroundings. The struggles and challenges faced by each family and the care, support, and friendship shown by the community.
This series will make you feel warm inside.
Rosie Clarke really has such a talent for descriptions of the area at the time and making you feel you are really there, it takes you off for the time you are reading.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this really lovely book. xxx

I love my historical fiction and this series is always an absolute delight to lose myself in for several hours.

This is the sixth book in the Harpers Emporium series and I would strongly recommend that you read the whole series getting to know the characters and the full story.

Rosie is the queen of writing a good wartime drama and I've loved every book of hers I've read.

I've loved seeing the characters develop throughout the series and come into their own. We catch up with old friends and new.

Harpers always sounds so amazing, Rosie describes everything so vividly that if you close your eyes you can imagine yourself in the emporium alongside Sally.

As always, I'm sad when I come to the end of the story, and I can't wait to see what delight Rosie treats us to next.

Many thanks to Rachel's Random Resources for my tour spot.

Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rosie Clarke books are always a great read and so is this one. Again following the lives and families of some of the staff who work in Harpers. It looks as though this may be the last in this wonderful series, I wish they could go forever as I really have enjoyed each of these books. Well worth 5 stars and more.

Thanks to Netgalley and publisher for this e ARC.

What a wonderful story. Set during WW1 this is the 6th book in the series which follows the lives of the Harpers Emporium girls through their happy times, family times and sad times and emotional times. This is a time when the women have taken up jobs and had to get used to a life without their husbands. Will this change when their menfolk return? Will they be ravaged by the War? How will this change their lives?

The female characters are superbly written with a beautifully caring side, all supporting each other through good times and bad. I loved Sally and her strength. She just carries on and keeps her stiff upper lip through thick and thin.

Victory Bells is a compassionately written story that draws you in to the lives of these strong and beautiful women. I would highly recommend this one to all who loves a book set during WW1, with a growing intensity and all the worries that come even with Victory in sight, will all be happy ever after for these exceptional women?

I love Rosie Clarke's novels and this episode in the Harpers Girls sites is no different. I read it in one sitting because I was so engrossed in it. World's War I is still causing problems for the women of Harpers although reports state that there can't be long left - both Germany and Britain are running low on everything: money, food, men and resources. Victory is in sight! Highly recommend

As the title hints, we are now at the end of the First World War and some of the soldiers are returning home. The effects of the war on ordinary people are described starkly and although some may be hoping that life will revert back to what it was pre-war, it is clear that that cannot happen. Nevertheless, this is a warm and feelgood series, as the close-knit community of friends and colleagues tries to support each other. Families are shown to have a variety of forms, with bereaved children needing new homes.

There are several story threads to follow, at different levels of society. The women who have kept life going at home and discovered new opportunities are realising that there are assumptions that they will stand aside and hand their jobs back to the men who will definitely be seen as in charge. Not everyone is prepared to step back and meekly be told what they are 'allowed' to do by returning husbands. There are also hints that new struggles are coming, especially with the dreaded Spanish flu which will wipe out many. The overall tone is hopeful, with peace coming. Harpers Emporium has plans for expansion with the hoped for new stock. By the end of the story, you are looking forward with all the characters and wishing them well.

In short: period detail and well drawn characters
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Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls by Rosie Clarke is the next in this fabulous saga about four young women who room together as they work at a department store before World War I rears its ugly head. The series has carried us now to after the armistice is signed and the war is over. Not all of the girls are working any longer, having gotten married and whatnot. Sally married the owner, Ben Harper and now has two small children, one of whom was born in this book. She has not sat back and taken it easy, though. She ha shepherded Harpers through the war, using her resources and ingenuity to find products to keep the shelves full. It has been constantly juggling both hard resources and people. Marco, for instance, had been a spy early in the war and was discharged, bringing home a wife and a baby. Now he's been recalled, and no one has heard from him. Sadie, his wife, is beside herself.

Maggie married Colin and, despite the fact that he is paralyzed from the waist down, is in love and they have made a good life. Some interesting things happen with them and Maggie's friend, Becky, also from Harpers. The characters are so real. Their problems are real and it is life in 1918, a time period that I am pretty unfamiliar with, let alone at the end of a war, and in a different country. The situations are those we all face, including unwanted pregnancy, spousal abuse, shell shock (PTSD), death, love, and marriage. It is not exciting but the reader gets to know these people in depth, their personalities, their abilities, and their innermost thoughts. It's like being part of the group.

I was invited to read a free e-ARC of Victory Bells for the Harpers Girls by Boldwood, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #netgalley #boldwood #rosieclarke #victorybellsforttheharpersgirls

I have loved reading this series and jumped at the chance to read the latest addition to this saga.

It was lovely to spend time back in the Harper store with all of the lovely girls who have progressed since the first book into women with lives and children of their own.

A story set in war torn London that see's us reconnect with the original girls of Harper's and where they are now at in life as the end looks like it is finally insight for the war. This story is full of sensitivity for what was lost and compassion for the families and how they would now try to get their lives back on track and attempt to piece everything back together.

A superb story that I loved from an author whose historical fiction saga's I just love to read.

As with all of Rosie Clarke's books, I loved this one! However, I am so sad that this appears to be the end of the series. I hate it when good things end, and The Harpers Girls series was good, it was very good!
I wonder if Rosie can be persuaded to write a follow-on as she has with her Mulberry Lane series.
f you're not familiar with Rosie's work, I thoroughly recommend you become so!